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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 25/11/2008

25/11/2008

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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

News Briefing

News Briefing: 25/11/2008

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 25/11/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 25/11/2008

Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Stephen Shipley.

Pause for reflection, with the Rev Stephen Shipley.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 25/11/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 25/11/2008

News and issues in rural Britain, presented by Anna Hill.

Presented by Anna Hill. Producer Alasdair Cross

Today

Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day

Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including religious reflections from Thought for the Day at 0748

Today: 25/11/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 25/11/2008

Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.

With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.

Presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.

Business editor Robert Peston discusses if the measures outlined in the pre-Budget report will save the UK from a deep recession.

National Director for Health and Work Dame Carol Black discusses the £100 billion lost due to work absences.

Danny Shaw reports on how the West Mercia police are taking less traditional roles on the streets of Redditch.

Artist David Cotterrell and author Richard Hollingham discuss the relationship between medicine and conflict.

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne says there is a clear choice between Labour and Conservative economic policy.

Tom Feilden reports on the Burgess Shale fossils, which are among the oldest and best-preserved fossils anywhere on Earth.

Thought for the day with the Rev Dr David Wilkinson, principal of St John's College Durham.

Prof Chris Mason, of the UK National Stem Cell Network, discusses if holding more clinical trials is the way to increase successful treatments.

Chancellor Alistair Darling discusses how he thinks increased borrowing is a gamble that is justified in the current economic climate.

Nick Robinson discusses the long term forecasts for the economy.

The WI has agreed that its members will keep an eye out for adverts selling sex in local newspapers. Isla Arundell explains.

Wyre Davies reports on the turbulent diplomatic relations between Israel and Syria.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband says there is no plan to increase the number of British troops in Afghanistan next year and urges other European countries to respond to US requests for reinforcements.

Martin Wolf, of the Financial Times, and Sir Martin Sorrell, founder of the world's biggest advertising group WPP, discuss the government's pre-Budget report.

With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. 
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News 
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament 
With Susan Hulme and David Wilby. 
7.48 Thought for the Day 
With the Rev Dr David Wilkinson. 
8.31  Yesterday in Parliament

The Long View

History series in which stories from the past shed light on current events

Jonathan Freedland presents the series in which stories from the past are compared with current events.

The Long View: Roosevelt's First 100 Days in Office 

Roosevelt's First 100 Days in Office 

BBC Radio 4 - The Long View, Roosevelt's First 100 Days in Office

Jonathan Freedland examines President Roosevelt's first 100 days in office.

Jonathan Freedland examines President Roosevelt's first 100 days in office and considers what Barack Obama might learn from them as he faces up to similar economic problems.

Jonathan Freedland examines President Roosevelt's first 100 days in office and considers what Barack Obama might learn from them as he faces up to similar economic problems.

Image: 4th March 1933: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) takes the oath of office as 32nd president of the USA. Chief Justice Charles E Hughes administers the oath as ex-President Herbert Hoover (far right with velvet collar) looks on. His son, James Roosevelt (1907-1991) is between his father and the ex-President.

New series 1/4. Jonathan Freedland explores the parallels and differences between the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the current credit crunch. 
Producer Julia Johnson Repeated at 9.30pm

Bad Habits

Bad Habits: Episode 3: Time-keeping

Episode 3

Episode 3: Time-keeping

Time-keeping

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Bad Habits, Time-keeping

Richard Herring explores the problem of time-keeping.

Comedian Richard Herring explores the impact of punctuality on our working lives. Could tardiness be genetic? From November 2008.

Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the bad habits and personal failings which directly or indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives. 

Richard explores the problem of time-keeping. He visits a call centre that had problems with punctuality, meets a factory worker from Scotland who blew the whistle on draconian time-management practices and hears from Diana DeLonzor, author of How to Never Be Late Again, who explains why lateness is a pathology that deserves our sympathy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Richard Herring explores some of the bad habits which affect us in our daily working lives

Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the bad habits and personal failings which directly or indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives

3/5. Almost half the working population turns up late every day. Richard Herring explores the problem of time-keeping. He visits a call centre to see how they persuaded their workers to arrive on time. He also talks to a writer who explains why lateness is a form of behaviour that deserves sympathy not severity. Producer Lucy Greenwell

Book of the Week

Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

Book of the Week: Arthur Miller

Book of the Week: Arthur Miller: Episode 2

Episode 2

Arthur Miller

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Arthur Miller, Episode 2

Miller's early writing career, including his first major success with All My Sons in 1947.

Henry Goodman reads from Christopher Bigsby's biography of the prominent American playwright. Miller's early writing career, including his first major success, All My Sons, in 1947.

Henry Goodman reads from Christopher Bigsby's biography of the prominent American playwright.

Miller's work as a shipfitter in the Brooklyn Naval Yard, his Marxist beliefs and his early writing career, from initial disappointments to his first major success with All My Sons in 1947.

Henry Goodman reads from Christopher Bigsby's biography of the American playwright

Henry Goodman reads from Christopher Bigsby's biography of the prominent American playwright

Daily Service

Led by Andrew Graystone. Seek Ye First (Lafferty). Luke 12, vv22-31. Subdue Us by Thy Goodness (Bach). Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton).

2/5. Miller's run of bad luck came to an end with his first major success, the 1947 play All My Sons. Christopher Bigsby's biography also describes the playwright's war work as a shipfitter in the Brooklyn Naval Yard, his continuing Marxist beliefs and his apprenticeship in radio.
(For details see yesterday)
(Repeated at 12.30am)

Woman's Hour

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Woman's Hour: Praising children; Sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld

Praising children; Sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Praising children; Sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld

Are we doing our children a disservice by constantly praising them?

Are we doing our children a disservice by constantly praising them? Plus, sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld, and the life and legacy of folk rock singer-songwriter Sandy Denny.

With Jane Garvey. 
10.45 Aubrey's Brief Lives 2/5 The Woman's Hourdrama. 
For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm

World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations

Series following the movement and migration of animals across the planet

Series following the movement and migration of animals across the planet, with Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood

World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations: 25/11/2008

BBC Radio 4 - World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations, 25/11/2008

Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals

Great Animal Migrations: Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement and migration of animals.

Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement and migration of animals across the planet, from the European eel to the African white-eared kob antelope. A team of wildlife specialists are joined by zoologists and conservationists around the world to present regular reports.

World on the Move: 25 November

World on the Move: Great Animal Migrations

37/40. A live report on the progress of animal journeys across the world. Presented by Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood. 
Series editor Julian Hector Repeated tomorrow at 9pm

Happy Feet

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Deborah Bull and tap dancer Nada Karsakov trace the genealogy of the Lancashire Clog Dance

Deborah Bull meets Australian tap dancer Nada Karsakov and travels with her to Lancashire to find out if some of her dance steps may have originated from the Lancashire Clog Dance.

Deborah Bull meets Australian tap dancer Nada Karsakov and travels with her to Lancashire to find out whether some of her dance steps may have originated from the Lancashire Clog Dance. They meet dance historians and enthusiasts to explore the way in which dance steps have been borrowed, improved and taught around the western world for the past 300 years.

Ballet dancer Deborah Bull meets an Australian tap dancer and travels with her to Lancashire to find out whether some of her dance steps may have originated in a clog dance from the north Of England. Producer Rachael Kiddey

You and Yours

You and Yours: Call You and Yours

Call You and Yours

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Call You and Yours

Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.

Presented by with Julian Worricker.

Examining end of life care.

The government has agreed to put £286 million pounds behind its strategy to improve the care of people near the end of their lives. 

But it is still a topic that many of us want to avoid. Are we too embarrassed or frightened by death to talk about it - and does this affect the way we look after those who are dying?

Consumer issues with Julian Worricker. PHONE: [number removed] (Lines open from 10am) email: [address removed]

Weather

Weather: 25/11/2008

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World at One

Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

World at One: 25/11/2008

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

The World at One

Music Feature

Programmes exploring music and music-related subjects

Music Feature: Paying the Piper: The Coal-Man and the Hosier

Paying the Piper: The Coal-Man and the Hosier

BBC Radio 4 - Music Feature, Paying the Piper: The Coal-Man and the Hosier

The story of the hosiery manufacturer who introduced Beethoven to England.

The story of the hosiery manufacturer who introduced Beethoven to England and the coal merchant whose musical gatherings attracted the greatest musicians of the late 17th century.

John Florance investigates two unsung heroes of British cultural history: the hosiery manufacturer William Gardiner, who introduced the unknown Beethoven to England, and the coal merchant Thomas Britton, whose musical gatherings above his coal store in Clerkenwell attracted some of the greatest musicians of the late 17th and early 18th century and an audience that bridged the social divide.

Paying the Piper: the Coal-Man and the Hosier

John Florance looks at two unsung heroes of British cultural life; the hosiery manufacturer William Gardiner of Leicester, who introduced the music of Beethoven to 
England, and the coal merchant Thomas Britton , whose gatherings above his warehouse in Clerkenwell attracted some of the greatest musicians of the day, and an audience that bridged the social divide. 
Producer Paul Evans Repeated on Saturday at 3.30pm

The Archers

An intense and gripping week of events unfolds in Ambridge. Listen to all the drama here.

The Archers: 24/11/2008

24/11/2008

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Tom introduces the potential replacement pig person Hannah to the pigs and is impressed with her down-to-earth and practical nature. After taking her over to meet Jazzer, he introduces her to Brian and Adam. Hannah quizzes Brian about why they are getting rid of one of their lambing flocks, making a good impression. 

Tony goes over to see the damage at The Lodge - a branch from the lovely old oak in the garden came down and wrecked the greenhouse in the night. Tony calls Mike to get him to come over and deal with the tree. They decide to replace the greenhouse with a summer house - Peggy hasn't really used the greenhouse for years. 

Tony comforts Peggy when it all gets a bit much. Brian stays for a bit to look after Jack so that Peggy can have a rest. She's grateful. 

Episode written by Joanna Toye.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Drama

Drama on 4: Flaw in the Motor, Dust in the Blood

Flaw in the Motor, Dust in the Blood

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Flaw in the Motor, Dust in the Blood

Psychological drama by Trevor Preston. Thomas' dreams are like thriller plots.

Exploration of life with bipolar disorder by Trevor Preston. When Thomas dreams, he's in the world of the crime thriller; his daily life is rather less glamorous.

Exploration of life with bipolar disorder by Trevor Preston. When Thomas dreams, he's in the world of the crime thriller; his daily life is rather less glamorous.

Thomas ...... Rory Kinnear
Dr Klein ...... Susan Engel
Amy ...... Fenella Woolgar
Lizzie ...... Janice Acquah
Peter ...... Paul Rider
Dr Beard ...... Jonathan Tafler
Nita ...... Manjeet Mann
Ratched ...... Inam Mirza

Directed by Toby Swift.

Afternoon Play: Flaw in the Motor, Dust in the Blood

When Thomas dreams, he's in the world of the crime thriller, but his daily life is rather less glamorous. Drawing on his own inner landscape, writer 
Trevor Preston has created an unusual exploration of life with manic depression.  
Director Toby Swift

Making History

Popular history series where the past connects with the present.

Making History: John Ruskin’s Commune

John Ruskin’s Commune

BBC Radio 4 - Making History, John Ruskin’s Commune

Vanessa Collingridge investigates a 19th-century attempt at a new order in Sheffield.

Vanessa Collingridge investigates the story of a 19th-century attempt at a new European order in Sheffield.

Vanessa Collingridge investigates the story of a 19th-century attempt at a new European order in Sheffield and finds out whether the city's steel industry provided the answer to an age-old navigational problem for Britain's sailors.

9/13. Vanessa Collingridge presents the programme driven by listeners' questions about our past. Producer Nick Patrick 
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Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: Points of Entry

Afternoon Reading: Points of Entry: Episode 2: Hackney Adolescence

Episode 2: Hackney Adolescence

Points of Entry

Hackney Adolescence

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Writer and academic Ziauddin Sardar reflects on the racism he encountered in London.

Series of readings that reflect the experience of immigrants to the UK over the past 60 years. Writer and academic Ziauddin Sardar reflects on the racism he encountered in London.

Series of readings that reflect the experience of immigrants to the UK over the past 60 years. 

The writer and academic Ziauddin Sardar reflects on the racism he encountered when he left Pakistan to join his father in London in 1960.

Readings that reflect the experience of immigrants to the UK over the past 60 years

Series of readings that reflect the experience of immigrants to the UK over the past 60 years

2/5. Hackney Adolescence. Written and read by Ziauddin Sardar. The writer describes the tough times he faced at the hands of London's racist gangs when he arrived from Pakistan in 1960. For details see yesterday

A Load of Rubbish

A Load of Rubbish: Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 - A Load of Rubbish, Episode 2

Ian Marchant visits Britain's first plastic bottle recycling factory - and sees the future

Ian Marchant continues his investigation of our rubbish with a visit to Britain's first plastic bottle recycling factory and meets the Australian visionary running it.

Ian Marchant continues his investigation of our rubbish with a visit to Britain's first plastic bottle recycling factory capable of turning drinks bottles back into food grade plastic. Meet the machines that can tell the difference between a shampoo bottle and a milk bottle.

Travel writer Ian Marchant explores the hidden infrastructure of rubbish

2/5. Ian Marchant visits Britain's first plastic-bottle recycling factory. For details see yesterday

Word of Mouth

Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them

Word of Mouth: 25/11/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, 25/11/2008

Michael is joined by Leonard, an African Grey parrot, to talk about animal communication.

Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of words, language and the way we speak. He is joined by Leonard, an African Grey parrot, to talk about animal communication.

New series 1/8. Michael Rosen examines vocabulary, language and the ways people use words. Today he is joined by Leonard the Bristolian parrot to talk about animal communication. 
Producer Beatrice Fenton Repeated on Sunday at 11pm

A Good Read

A Good Read: Graeme Le Saux and Rebecca Jones

Graeme Le Saux and Rebecca Jones

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Graeme Le Saux and Rebecca Jones

Rebecca Jones and Graeme Le Saux join Sue MacGregor to discuss some favourite books.

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Rebecca Jones and Graeme Le Saux discuss books by Oscar Wilde, Paulo Coelho and Graham Greene. From 2008.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - Premiership footballer-turned-pundit, Graeme Le Saux and BBC arts correspondent, Rebecca Jones - discuss favourite books by Oscar Wilde, Paulo Coelho and Graham Greene.

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Oneworld Classics

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Publisher: Thorsons

The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Publisher: Vintage Classics

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.

8/9. Former Premier League footballer Graeme Le Saux and BBC arts correspondent Rebecca Jones join Sue 
MacGregor to discuss their favourite books. Producer John Byrne Repeated on Friday at llpm

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines

PM: 25/11/2008

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Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.

News and analysis presented by Eddie Mair.

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 25/11/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 25/11/2008

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.

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